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An Austin man shot a 30-year-old acquaintance during an argument that began because he thought she was being too loud, prosecutors said Sunday. Terrell Washington, 37, was charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm after the victim identified him as her shooter,...

A Homewood man was twice shot by a Harvey police officer when he tried to flee the scene of a crash in the officer’s squad car and ran over the officer’s leg, prosecutors said Sunday. Ricky Larkin, 25, was charged with attempted murder of a police officer, aggravated battery of a police officer...

Two Illinois Democrats are bringing local “Dreamers” as guests to the State of the Union address Tuesday to pressure the White House into supporting legislation for young immigrants who came to the country illegally as children. Sen. Dick Durbin and Rep. Bill Foster were among dozens of Democratic...

A woman charged earlier this month with flying to London without a ticket was arrested again early Sunday and denied bail after police spotted her at O'Hare International Airport, a violation of a previous order banning her from Chicago’s two airports, authorities said. Marilyn Hartman, 66, was...

Immigration officials have released a Back of the Yards man who spent 10 months in detention after he was wrongly included on a Chicago Police Department list of people with gang ties. Wilmer Catalan-Ramirez, 32, was seriously injured in a March 27 arrest after six U.S. Immigration and Customs...

The Rev. Gary Graf hasn’t touched solid food in 10 days. The Pilsen-based priest has committed to a hunger strike in support of local “Dreamers” whose lives hang in the balance as Congress wrangles over immigration reform. “Ni hambre tengo,” he said in Spanish on Tuesday afternoon. “I’m not even...

Pullman National Monument Superintendent Kathy Schneider said she was given a few hours Monday morning to perform “shutdown activities” at the Far South Side landmark as she and another full-time staffer were being sent home. “We put notices on our emails, on our voicemails, we turn off our government...

A 46-year-old man sexually assaulted a teenage relative in the city’s Brainerd neighborhood, prosecutors said. Raymond Lewis was arrested Friday in the 9000 block of South Justine Street on the Far South Side and charged with criminal sexual assault, according to court documents. Judge Mary Marubio...